Mount Hamilton, CA Broadway Singing Lessons

Vocal projection is most important, whether for belt singing or lyric singing, in musical theater, and Breathing is the most important element. I teach good breath support, for sustained singing, even while dancing.

Learn to project your voice comfortably and confidently in various character styles and songs. Expand your range and understanding of the mechanics of the voice. Learn to take cues from the music and other performing roles.

Teaching technique, healthy singing, even when belting. Also, basic acting and showing emotion when singing.

based in classical technique, I teach healthy, age appropriate vocal production for both natural and character voices.

Suitable for teens and young adult students. Fun to build up from if students are interested in classical singing, potentially opera.

A Grammy award winning singer, Colleen has been teaching voice for over 10 years. She utilizes classical technique to train artists who perform both classical and commercial styles of music, including musical theater, R&B, pop, gospel, rock, alternative, country, musical theater and jazz.

She has been trained in contemporary technique by Seth Riggs, vocal coach to Michael Jackson; as well as Linda Septien, vocal coach to broadway greats like Sutton Foster, Audra McDonald, Andrew Rannells and Norm Lewis. She's taught top pop stars Beyonce, Jessica and Ashlee Simpson, Demi Levato, Ryan Cabrera, Kidz Bop Kids, Miley Cyrus and many many more top stars. With me you get the very same methods these stars are trained with.

Colleen has been trained in classical technique by Sherri Greenawald, director of the Grammy winning San Francisco Opera’s Merola program.

Colleen performs throughout California with Prime Time A Cappella.

My students will learn outstanding vocal technique that they can apply to any vocal style they choose, as well as character development, build repertoire for performance and/or auditions, gain confidence and poise, and be in a comfortable atmosphere for learning and growing. I always maintain a supportive, welcoming environment for students coming from all walks of life, and I enjoy challenging my students as well as being challenged as an educator. Come and have fun as a performer and musician!

I teach a grounded, speech-based technique. I teach voice work as both a physical and spiritual practice, beginning with solid support and resonance, with goal of freeing the natural instrument. Each voice is entirely unique, it is a person’s creative fingerprint. I work with singers to identify their personal voice in the courageous work of learning to sing. I encourage singers to perform in order to share their personal artistic discoveries with an audience.

I have been singing with groups professionally and casually for the past eighteen years, and in that time have been exposed to singing methods ranging from the classically cantorial styles of Eastern Europe, to the more modern mellow tones of singers like Michael Buble.
My teaching style centers around practical, immediate improvements to singing tone, breadth of range, and vocal awareness and control. Expect to see improvements from the first lesson and, given time, consistent and appreciable growth.

When I started singing in HS I was a shy kid with a loud voice and a lot of technical issues. It was my good fortune to work with a great choir director whose support paved the way to both a BA and a MM in music as well as a career that has allowed me to sing on the stages of San Francisco Opera, Opera San Jose and Opera San Luis Obispo among dozens of others. Learning to sing did more than provide a way to make a living, it created in my a confidence and set of problem solving skills that changed my life forever. I would love to share some of that good fortune, and those skills, with you!